Many aspects of war affect women and girls disproportionately. According to recent studies on life expectancy among unarmed civilians caught in armed conflict, women are the primary adult victims of war. For example, a unique harm of war on women is the trauma inflicted by military brothels, rape camps, sex trafficking for prostitution, and increased domestic violence. In addition, widows of war and women refugees of war are particularly vulnerable to poverty, prostitution, and higher illness and death following armed conflict. Furthermore, it has been documented that senior officers of war have commonly accepted and sanctioned the sexual exploitation of local women by military men.
“Rape and sexual exploitation in war have been systematically disregarded (even when documented) as war atrocities and crimes until the recent revelations of the genocidal rape of Muslim women during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia and of Tutsi women in Rwanda.
Massive numbers of women civilians are killed and injured in modern warfare.
Widows of war are displaced, disinherited, and impoverished.
Women and children are the majority of war refugees.
Rape, sexual torture and sexual exploitation are fueled by war.
Women and girls are sexually exploited by aid workers and UN peacekeepers in post-conflict areas.
Women and girls are at higher risk of STDs, including HIV infection, from soldiers and peacekeepers.
Poor women and their children lose health, housing, education and welfare services due to war-related pressures on services and the priorities of the military budget.
Women suffer higher rates of domestic violence from military husbands and partners.
Women are exposed to toxic chemical weapons and environmental contamination during and after war and from military activities.
In order to reduce these negative consequences, it has been suggested that more female candidates be present in post-conflict elections, that there be a greater role for women in peace-making and post-conflict reconstruction efforts, and there should be more appointments of women to peacekeeping and diplomatic posts.
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“Rape and sexual exploitation in war have been systematically disregarded (even when documented) as war atrocities and crimes until the recent revelations of the genocidal rape of Muslim women during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia and of Tutsi women in Rwanda.
Massive numbers of women civilians are killed and injured in modern warfare.
Widows of war are displaced, disinherited, and impoverished.
Women and children are the majority of war refugees.
Rape, sexual torture and sexual exploitation are fueled by war.
Women and girls are sexually exploited by aid workers and UN peacekeepers in post-conflict areas.
Women and girls are at higher risk of STDs, including HIV infection, from soldiers and peacekeepers.
Poor women and their children lose health, housing, education and welfare services due to war-related pressures on services and the priorities of the military budget.
Women suffer higher rates of domestic violence from military husbands and partners.
Women are exposed to toxic chemical weapons and environmental contamination during and after war and from military activities.
In order to reduce these negative consequences, it has been suggested that more female candidates be present in post-conflict elections, that there be a greater role for women in peace-making and post-conflict reconstruction efforts, and there should be more appointments of women to peacekeeping and diplomatic posts.
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